Isn't it time for some clever editor to write a "Yes, Virginia, Americans are still "the good guys'" editorial? Of course a conservative might want to wait until a Republican is elected President to "straighten out the Obama mess" before running such a hypothetical opinion. The Republicans have all the time it will take, if the wars become perpetual.
Isn't a perpetual war a lot like increased radiation levels? You either learn to live with it or die in the attempt.
In "the Bishop's Jaegers" (Pocket Books Inc. November 1954 17th printing paperback edition [25 cents for "the complete book" {"Illustrated with many wonderful drawings by Herbert Roese"} ]) on page 64, Thorne Smith wrote: "It was this latter possibility that brought Peter to a full realization of his position. For the first time he saw himself as indubitably he would appear in the eyes of others. He saw himself not as an innocent man but simply as a stark naked coffee importer dazzlingly greeting his guests at the door of his ancestral home."
Now the disk jockey will play "Lady Godiva," "Night train," and Janice ("It's all the same f*****g [Remember what Col. Kurtz said about that word?] day, man") Joplin's "Get it while you can." We have to go apply for press credentials for this year's Nudestock Music Festival. Have a "let it all hang out" type week.
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